High School Spelling Bee Words – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
abjure
answer
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
question
abrogate
answer
revoke formally
question
abstemious
answer
marked by temperance in indulgence
question
acumen
answer
shrewdness shown by keen insight
question
antebellum
answer
belonging to a period before war
question
auspicious
answer
auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
question
belie
answer
be in contradiction with
question
bellicose
answer
having or showing ready disposition to fight
question
bowdlerize
answer
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
question
chicanery
answer
the use of tricks to deceive someone
question
chromosome
answer
a threadlike strand of DNA that carries genes
question
churlish
answer
having a bad disposition
question
circumlocution
answer
an indirect way of expressing something
question
circumnavigate
answer
travel around
question
deciduous
answer
shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
question
deleterious
answer
harmful to living things
question
diffident
answer
showing modest reserve
question
enervate
answer
weaken mentally or morally
question
enfranchise
answer
grant freedom to
question
epiphany
answer
a divine manifestation
question
equinox
answer
when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator
question
euro
answer
basic monetary unit of European countries
question
evanescent
answer
tending to vanish like vapor
question
expurgate
answer
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
question
facetious
answer
clearly amusing in tone
question
fatuous
answer
devoid of intelligence
question
feckless
answer
generally incompetent and ineffectual
question
fiduciary
answer
relating to or of the nature of a legal trust
question
filibuster
answer
a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
question
gamete
answer
a mature sexual reproductive cell
question
gauche
answer
lacking social polish
question
gerrymander
answer
divide voting districts unfairly to one's advantage
question
hegemony
answer
the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
question
hemoglobin
answer
a hemoprotein that gives red blood cells their color
question
homogeneous
answer
all of the same or similar kind
question
hubris
answer
overbearing pride or presumption
question
hypotenuse
answer
the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
question
impeach
answer
bring an accusation to
question
incognito
answer
without revealing one's identity
question
incontrovertible
answer
impossible to deny or disprove
question
inculcate
answer
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions`
question
infrastructure
answer
the basic features of a system or organization
question
interpolate
answer
insert words into text
question
irony
answer
incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
question
jejune
answer
lacking interest or significance
question
kinetic
answer
relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
question
kowtow
answer
bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
question
laissez faire
answer
a doctrine that government should not interfere in comerce
question
lexicon
answer
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
question
loquacious
answer
full of trivial conversation
question
lugubrious
answer
excessively mournful
question
metamorphosis
answer
striking change in appearance of character
question
mitosis
answer
the process in which a cell divides into two smaller cells
question
moiety
answer
one of two approximately equal parts
question
nanotechnology
answer
engineering that involves manipulating atoms and molecules
question
nihilism
answer
complete denial of established authority and institutions
question
nomenclature
answer
a system of words used to name things in a discipline
question
nonsectarian
answer
not restricted to one party or school
question
notarize
answer
authenticate by someone empowered to witness signatures
question
obsequious
answer
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
question
oligarchy
answer
a political system governed by a few people
question
omnipotent
answer
having unlimited power
question
orthography
answer
representing the sounds of a written language by written symbols
question
oxidize
answer
enter into a combination with oxygen
question
parabola
answer
a curve formed by an object thrown in the air and falling
question
paradigm
answer
a standard or typical example
question
parameter
answer
a constant in the equation of a curve
question
pecuniary
answer
relating to or involving money
question
photosynthesis
answer
synthesis of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy
question
plagiarize
answer
take without referencing from someone's writing or speech
question
plasma
answer
the watery fluid in which blood cells are suspended
question
polymer
answer
a naturally occurring synthetic compound
question
precipitous
answer
extremely steep
question
quasar
answer
a starlike object that may send out radio waves
question
quotidian
answer
fond in the ordinary course of events
question
recapitulate
answer
summarize briefly
question
reciprocal
answer
concerning each of two or more persons or things
question
reparation
answer
something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
question
respiration
answer
a single complete act of breathing in and out
question
sanguine
answer
confidently optimistic and cheerful
question
soliloquy
answer
speech you make to yourself
question
subjugate
answer
make subservient
question
suffragist
answer
an advocate of the extension of voting rights
question
supercilious
answer
having or showing arrogant superiority to
question
tautology
answer
useless repitition
question
taxonomy
answer
a classification of organisms based on similarities
question
tectonic
answer
pertaining to the structure of movement of the earth's crust
question
tempestuous
answer
characterized by violent emotions or behavior
question
thermodynamics
answer
the branch of science concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy
question
totalitarian
answer
of a government with an authority exerting absolute control
question
unctuous
answer
unpleasantly or excessively suave or ingratiating
question
usurp
answer
seize and take control without authority
question
vacuous
answer
devoid of matter
question
vehement
answer
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
question
vortex
answer
a powerful circular current of water
question
winnow
answer
the act of separating grain from chaff
question
wrought
answer
shaped to fit by altering the contours of a pliable mass
question
xenophobia
answer
a fear of foreigners or strangers
question
yeoman
answer
a freeman who cultivates his own land
question
ziggurat
answer
a rectangular tiered temple of terraced mass
